Defense attorney says shooting case is a "complex" story. Former Letcher County sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was denied bond at an arraignment hearing in the same courthouse where he is accused of shooting and killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in September.

As previously reported, a Letcher County Grand Jury indicted Stines last Thursday on a charge of Murder of a Public Official

LETCHER CO., Ky. (WYMT) - A former Eastern Kentucky sheriff accused of murdering a judge returned to court on Monday. Shawn “Mickey” Stines was indicted last week in the murder of District Judge Kevin Mullins. The former Letcher County sheriff entered a not-guilty plea and the judge did not consider bond.

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was indicted on Thursday for the alleged murder of Letcher County District County Judge Kevin Mullins on Sept. 19.

Mickey Stines, who is accused of shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins to death in September, entered a not guilty plea in Letcher Circuit Court Monday afternoon.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge in his chambers entered a not guilty plea in court on Monday.

A former Kentucky county sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge in his courthouse chambers in September has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder.

More than two months after the fatal shooting of Letcher County Judge Kevin Mullins, ex-Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was back in court Monday.

Sources tell NewsNation that Stines and his wife "had some sort of a dispute" the night before he fatally shot Mullins.

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge's shooting death pleaded not guilty Monday in the same courthouse where they worked together and where the attack occurred, and one of his attorneys later predicted they will present a compelling case in his defense.